Dinkins, the city's first Black mayor, appealed to working- and middle-class New Yorkers with a labor-led coalition that included renters, immigrants, and racial and ethnic groups asserting their political power, said Lange. Similarly, Eric Adams, the city's second Black mayor, had huge support from Black and Latino voters, unions and labor coalitions, moderate voters, and police groups during his run for office in 2021's mayoral race.
Meet the new police commissioner - same as the old police commissioner! Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, a veteran of city government and a scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, would remain in her post when he takes over City Hall next year. It's an extraordinary decision with little precedent in modern city history.
Mamdani's platform put forward a single policy proposal on higher education: a promise to work with state and city lawmakers to "massively invest" in the City University of New York, the city's public system of four-year institutions, community colleges and professional schools, which has consistently called for more funding. The goal is to support "infrastructure, pay staff and faculty a living wage, give free OMNY cards to all students, and make CUNY tuition-free for all students," Mamdani's platform read.
It's estimated that there are more than 9,000 of these "construction sheds" (another term for scaffolding) installed across the city, enough to stretch nearly 400 miles if they were put end to end. They do the important work of shielding pedestrians from potential falling debris during building construction and renovation projects, but they also shroud large swaths of sidewalk in dark and cloistered tunnels made of an unfortunate jumble of steel poles and plywood.
A baby boy was found dead in a black bag, ditched in a pile of leaves behind a Brooklyn public housing development Thursday, cops and law enforcement sources said. The infant - believed to be between 5 and 7 months old - was found just after 11 a.m. behind a building on East 102nd Street, within NYCHA's Bay View Houses in Canarsie, authorities and sources said.
You can argue all you want about the very best dive bars in NYC, but this guide is not that. This is the dive bar directory. It's where you should turn when you find yourself in Tribeca and can't possibly deal with the thought of a $30 cocktail, or when you want to drink during the day without anyone looking at you sideways.
"I want a trial," said Lander, the city's comptroller and an ally of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. He spoke after emerging from a federal courtroom in Manhattan, where he'd waited to hear what action authorities would take over his Sept. 18 protest alongside several lawmakers. He vowed to keep protesting the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and said a trial would "bring to light" what federal authorities are doing.
Yet, with any legislation, Local Law 18 has presented unintended consequences that have actually made the city less affordable for New Yorkers. That's because New Yorkers have lost a vital tool that allows them to supplement the growing costs of homeownership. This current Council has a historic opportunity, however, to make minor changes to the existing law not wipe it out or even water it down that will put this tool back in the hands of those struggling to make ends meet.
NYPD detectives charged a Medford man on Tuesday with leaving the scene of a September hit-and-run crash that killed a woman in Brooklyn. Luis Machado, 33, of Medford, was arrested on Tuesday in the Sept. 27 crash that killed Alexandra Huggins, 32, of Brooklyn, when she was struck while riding her bicycle in Williamsburg, the NYPD said. Huggins was found unconscious and taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
Cops are looking for this man, pictured wearing a Brooklyn Nets cap, in connection with an antisemitic harassment incident in Brooklyn Heights, according to the NYPD. Photo by NYPD/Crimestoppers Police in Brooklyn are looking for a man who allegedly spat on a passerby and spewed antisemitic remarks in Brooklyn Heights last month, authorities said. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident, which unfolded at about 11:55 a.m. on Oct. 28 in front of 55 Clark St. within the 84th Precinct.
According to the charges and investigation, on the morning of Friday, Oct. 20, at around 3:30 a.m., Ortega was driving a BMW sedan and stopped his car in front of 40-06 Astoria Blvd. near Williams and two other men. Williams approached the BMW and engaged Ortega in a conversation. Ortega got out of his BMW and continued speaking with Williams and his co-defendant, with whom the victim had a brief verbal dispute before Ortega drove away.
Police release new photos of man wanted for 4 train stabbing in Downtown Brooklyn The NYPD says a 35-year-old man was stabbed on Nov. 9 just after 10:30 p.m. as the train approached the Atlantic Avenue subway station. The 25-year-old was attacked with a sharp object following a fight. He is expected to be OK. Police say the suspect exited the train at the Fulton Street subway station. Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
A chronic speeder with a history of violating speed limits and red lights was sentenced to up to nine years in prison for the deaths of a mother and her two kids run down while walking through Brooklyn crosswalk earlier this year. Miriam Yarimi, 33, of Midwood, was sentenced by a Brooklyn judge on Wednesday to a prison term of three to nine years for killing Natasha Saada and her daughters, Diana and Deborah.
A 38-year-old man was fatally struck by a train on Tuesday that was pulling into a Brooklyn subway station. The victim was on the track bed as a southbound N train was pulling into the Kings Highway station around 5:54 p.m. near Kings Highway and W. Seventh St. in Gravesend. The conductor failed to stop in time and struck the man, cops said.
A 25-year-old woman was attacked in Brooklyn over the weekend when a stranger followed her, punched her in the face, and attempted to remove her clothing, police reported Tuesday morning. The assault occurred around 11:35 p.m. on Nov. 16 near Watkins Street and Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, in the confines of the 73rd Precinct. Police sources said the woman was walking alone when a man began following her.
The New York Post said the suspect is 34-year-old Pei Chung, who reportedly flaunted designer labels like Prada heels, Louis Vuitton handbags and Hermès belts while documenting her restaurant visits for her 13,000 Instagram followers. Police told New York Post that Chung's spree began in late October and included high-end eateries such as Peter Luger Steak House, Francie, Lavender Lake, Meadowsweet and Motorino Pizza.
Like so many, when I was a kid, I remember watching Miracle on 34th Street with my mom each year. It was exciting to tune in every Christmas while waiting for Santa, but not nearly as exciting as when we hopped on the F train, went to Macy's Herald Square, and I got to see Macy's Santaland with my own eyes. In fact, the only thing more exciting may have been years later, when I introduced my own kids to it when they were little.
